--- title: See Newborn Twin Giant Panda Babies description: Though they're not quite giant yet canonical: https://time.com/3616016/see-newborn-twin-giant-panda-babies/ author: TIME Photo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-03T16:42:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:14:59.054Z og:title: See Newborn Twin Giant Panda Babies og:description: Though they're not quite giant yet og:url: https://time.com/3616016/see-newborn-twin-giant-panda-babies/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2820aaf7fbc1c88a/69876c4e8e0601dfd3458f76/panda-babies-twin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3764 og:image:height: 2117 og:image:alt: Twin giant panda babies were born at the Wakayama Adventure World zoo at Shirahama, Japan on Dec. 3, 2014. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Newborn Twin Giant Panda Babies twitter:description: Though they're not quite giant yet twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2820aaf7fbc1c88a/69876c4e8e0601dfd3458f76/panda-babies-twin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See Newborn Twin Giant Panda Babies by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Dec 3, 2014 4:42 PM UTC  Twin giant panda babies were born at the Wakayama Adventure World zoo at Shirahama, Japan on Dec. 3, 2014. Twin giant panda babies were born at the Wakayama Adventure World zoo at Shirahama, Japan on Dec. 3, 2014.Wakayama Adventure World/AFP/Getty Images by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Dec 3, 2014 4:42 PM UTC Two tiny, hairless panda cubs—one male and one female—were born Monday in a research center in Chendu, central Sichuan province. They are the second and third children of mother giant panda Yaxing. They were 146 grams and 117 grams when they were born. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3616016/see-newborn-twin-giant-panda-babies/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3616016/see-newborn-twin-giant-panda-babies/"},"headline":"See Newborn Twin Giant Panda Babies","datePublished":"2014-12-03T16:42:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:14:59.054Z","description":"Though they're not quite giant yet","url":"https://time.com/3616016/see-newborn-twin-giant-panda-babies/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2820aaf7fbc1c88a/69876c4e8e0601dfd3458f76/panda-babies-twin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2820aaf7fbc1c88a/69876c4e8e0601dfd3458f76/panda-babies-twin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Twin giant panda babies were born at the Wakayama Adventure World zoo at Shirahama, Japan on Dec. 3, 2014.","caption":"Twin giant panda babies were born at the Wakayama Adventure World zoo at Shirahama, Japan on Dec. 3, 2014.","creditText":"Wakayama Adventure World/AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3616016/see-newborn-twin-giant-panda-babies/","name":"See Newborn Twin Giant Panda Babies"}}]}] ```